​Recently, WIM Mongolia was part of the ``Work place – Harassment free environment'' national consultations organized by the Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights the purpose of which was to promote synergies between various civil society groups and the Government for creating and maintaining an effective legal environment for eliminating and preventing gender-based workplace harassment. According to the studies presented during this discussion, 95% of victims of workplace harassment were women, mostly 18-30 years old, of whom 48.1% were civil servants, and 57.6% of offenders were civil servants as well. Representatives of the state and non-governmental organizations including WIM Mongolia, international cooperation institutions, some foreign embassies, trade unions, industry groups and larger companies discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to elimination of gender-based workplace harassment in Mongolia.

​The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol of 1939 were the decisive engagements that had a critical role in defining the course of WW II and a full scale war for Mongolia which had population of only 700’000 people. Women in Mining Mongolia is joining the on-going celebration of 80th anniversary of the historic victory of Mongolian and Russian forces over the foreign enemy. Our memory for heroes lives on…

Women in Mining Mongolia was part of the "Soft Power and Women Influence" roundtable discussion featuring the Women Influence Community and a large number of influential women of Mongolia with diverse backgrounds engaging in different social, cultural and environmental causes. WIMM greatly appreciates the this exciting event within the frame of Days of Eurasian People's Assembly (Ассамблея народов Евразии) in Mongolia. We also appreciate the visiting guests from various parts of Russia and Kazakhstan and wish them success and to have Naadam fun during their week-long stay in Ulaanbaatar.WIMM is looking forward to continued collaboration with Women Influence Community.

​Women in Mining Mongolia is featuring Monfilter (www.monfilter.mn), the leading manufacturer of top quality filters for mining and industrial machinery and equipment. This women-led and owned Company is an excellent example of modern technologies realized in Mongolia.

​Professor B.Munkhtsengel of School of Geology and Mining of Mongolian University of Science and Technology (http://www.must.edu.mn/eng/) has been nominated from the Women in Mining Mongolia to the International Women in Mining Mentorship program in 2018. Within this program she worked closely with Nicole Tardif, Program Coordinator at Laurentian University, one of Top Canadian undergraduate universities (https://laurentian.ca/). Aimed at connecting senior industry leaders around the world, this mentorship program has been completed for this duo of professional and inspired women. We wish further career success for both professor Tsengel and Nicole!

​His Excellency Mr.John Langtry, Australian Ambassador to Mongolia, has been serving an honorary adviser to Women in Mining Mongolia since 2016. After serving first Australian Ambassador, he is leaving back to his home country this week.Women in Mining Mongolia appreciates Mr. Langtry for his great support to various Mongolian causes such as improving some aspects of Mongolian healthcare, extended scholarship awards for aspiring Mongolians to study in Australia or developing the national NGO movement and people-to people diplomacy between Mongolia and Australia.Thus, in late October 2018 our organization, WIMM, applied to the President of Mongolia, to award Mr. Langtry with Mongolian government honor. WIMM’s initiative was supported by 2 government agencies, several NGOs which have been having close business ties with Australian Embassy in Ulaanbaatar as well as Australian businesses working in Mongolia. WIMM’s application was accepted in late December 2018, and President of Mongolia awarded Ambassador Langtry with Friendship Medal last week.​Dear Ambassador, WIMM firmly believes that relations between Mongolia and Australia have very much benefited from your presence, experience and very loyal personality. We value our cooperation and will be looking forward to your future visits to Mongolia with new and exciting plans.

The Women in Mining photo competition was organized by IWIM (internationalwim.org) in 2016 and the best photos from around the world were exhibited at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia (dfat.gov.au) in 2017. Now the Australian Embassy in Ulaanbaatar (mongolia.embassy.gov.au) is contemplating to exhibit in Mongolia those photos showing the women's contribution to the global extractive industry. Women in Mining Mongolia is joining!Last week we met with B.Uyanga, Public Diplomacy Officer of Australian Embassy, to discuss the possible timing and logistics of the potential exhibition.​Stay tuned!

The 10th annual Mongolian Geology and Exploration Roudnup and Expo 2018 is going on March 22-23 at Corporate Convention Centre. The event is organised by Mining Resources and Petroleum Authority (MRPAM), Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Specialised Inspection Agency as well as technical universities and Mongolian Geologists Association. This is the largest annual event in the country's geology and mining sector with 10 concurrent sessions, 2000 attendees, presentations of various companies of their exploration works results and discoveries, investors meetings, photo, maps, and minerals exhibitions, students conference, training sessions and presentations of new equipment and technologies, the "Best in the Industry" award ceremonies, and many more other exciting proceedings.

​This year the Public Relations Office of MRPAM is helping us, Women in Mining Mongolia, to collect data from participating mining companies and attendees for the WIMM's second survey on the role of in Mongolian extractive industry.Pls contribute your data through the questionnaire here:​https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfFTd8EEgnC-o6JGR…/viewform

​Recently, WIM Mongolia has nominated 2 prominent women to serve as mentors of the International Women in Resources Mentorship Programme organized by the International Women in Mining. This Programme is an exciting opportunity for collaboration amongst WIM groups around the world.

Our nominees are:

DR. B.MUNKHTSENGEL, the Head of the Department of Geology and Hydrogeology of her University. She made significant contributions in studying petrology and mineralization of several minerals deposits of Mongolia and has an extensive list of published research papers in geology, tectonics and mineralization of various parts of Mongolia.

T.AMARZUL. the Executive Director of Petro Matad Limited, Executive Director of Petroleum Exploration and Production Association and BoD member of the Business Council of Mongolia.

The Women in Mining Mongolia was represented by a remarkable group of accomplished women (from Petro Matad, TemugeLaw, NomTush and Titeline Resources) at the Minerals Sector and Gender seminar held on November 17,2017. The organisers and participants were the Ministry of Mining and Industries represented by the Minister Sumyabazar, Canadian SESMIM project, Asia Foundation office in Ulaanbaatar and representatives of notable Mongolian mining companies and professional associations. Women in Mining Mongolia, Mongolian Women Geologists Association and mining companies presented their recent studies, projects and gender policies.